The implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law will cost <\/span><\/p>\n The implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law will cost <\/span>government<\/span><\/span><\/span> some \u00a2750 million over the next five years, a research conducted by Parliament has found.<\/span><\/p>\n This cost is in reference to the likely cost associated with the policy of establishing and operating an office for the RTI Commission in the next five years.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to the research, \u201cthe overall expenditure for establishing the Right to Information Commission and its administrative cost is the total addition of all components of cost. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThese costs are the costs incurred in paying salaries to all personnel and the cost involved in acquiring logistics, maintaining assets and rent as well as the cost of employing the Executive Secretary to efficiently manage and operate the office,\u201d Parliament\u2019s research said.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe total cost for the next five years in <\/span>present-day<\/span><\/span><\/span> value is estimated at \u00a2750,746,327.48,\u201d the research added.<\/span><\/p>\n The research added, however, that if any of the underlying assumptions should change, the <\/span>estimated<\/span><\/span><\/span> cost will also be adjusted.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n More soon\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n